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Mike Pence is Donald Trump’s political opposite

Indiana Governor Mike Pence makes his debut as a member of the Republican ticket on July 16

CONSERVATIVE ACTIVISTS WERE DIGGING INTO PLATES OF pasta in downtown Cleveland when a surprise guest appeared to offer testimony. “It’s time for us to come together,” Republican vice-presidential nominee Mike Pence told the group, which had held a discussion of whether conservatives could support Donald Trump. “I have a sense of this man. I have a sense of his heart.”

It was pure

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